11/15 – Ottawa, ON – Café Dekcuf
Ah, waking up with your drummer’s arms wrapped around you.how comforting. Well, we were at a Comfort Inn after all; Adam must have been having quite the dream. North Bay looked different in the morning light, or maybe I should say in the sunlight, because it wasn’t exactly morning anymore.
The USM Faculty Senate voted in favor of dropping the Entry Year Experience – or EYE – course requirement for incoming freshmen of the Fall ’09 semester. In their monthly meeting last Friday, the Senate voted 16-7 to postpone making an EYE course required for next year’s freshmen class.
It’s the first real snow storm of the winter, and while there’s plenty of school work to be done before the semester ends, you don’t want to be stuck inside all weekend. What can you do? There’s not enough on the ground for sledding, but it’s still gross enough to keep you from going for a run or bike ride.
I will never be able to suck the milk out of a cow’s udder. I will never be able to share the same ice cream cone with my significant other. I will never be able to eat string cheese; I will only be able to mercilessly whip someone in the face with it. Why am I destined to suffer this fate? Because I am lactarded.
Maine’s hardworking fishermen began netting and trapping in the North Atlantic’s icy waters for sweet and succulent shrimp last week. This years season, the longest season since 1991, has been extended by 28 days. ending May 29, thanks to a projected abundance of the tasty shellfish, a taste of the sea in every one.
This Wednesday is the day when all gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, and straight allies are encouraged to participate in a strike against the passing of Proposition 8 and the losses that the gay movement worldwide are experiencing.
On this day, participating involves calling out of work as “gay”(or as a gay ally), and using the time off to volunteer.
Gary Fifield got to watch his former squad beat-up on conference foes Keene State on Saturday. The Huskies busted out a 13-0 run early in the first half to lead 18-5 and never looked back, cruising to a 61-47 victory in women’s basketball action.
Led by sophomore Kaylee Demillo’s (Jay) 18 points led three Huskies in double-figures and paced USM to their sixth straight victory to open the season.
Australia
Currently in theaters
Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman
A mash up on multiple genres, “Australia” is a throwback to the era of classic epic romance films. Nicole Kidman plays an uptight English aristocrat who travels to the outback only to fall for a ruggedly handsome cattle driver played by Hugh Jackman.
In light of USM president Selma Botman’s November 24th announcement that an additional $2.7 million will be cut from an already anemic University budget, the Department of Facilities Management may have trouble funding critical repairs.
According to a Facilities Management breakdown of estimated deferred maintenance, USM’s backlog of maintenance and upgrade costs totals $60,587,000 for all three campuses.
The USM men’s hockey team was three minutes away from knocking off number-three-ranked Middlebury College on Saturday.
But two late flurries in front of net yielded a pair of scores and the Panthers remained unbeaten with a 5-4 win over USM.
Middlebury senior Ian Drummond capitalized on the skirmishes with a goal and an assist to help the Panthers remain unbeaten and overcome a late 4-3 deficit.
While most people think of robust beers during the winter, there is a wonderfully spicy alternative: Belgian witbiers (White Ales). And even though witbiers are often characterized as a spring/summer offering, their complex flavorings and spiciness make them the ideal counterpart to winter warmers.
Danica Koenig
Staff Writer
The Maine College of Art (MECA) attracts art students of all levels, from recent high school grads to professional artists. Founded in 1882, it is the oldest educational arts institution in Maine. Its gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Art, has been hailed as one of the finest art spaces in the Northeast for the exhibition of contemporary art.
While Maine College of Art on Congress St. is one of the regions leading art institutes, some students are lured to USM for diversity and structure.
Betty Rambur, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Professor, Health Policy and Nursing
University of Vermont, Burlington VT
Running on: Long resume of research projects, and plenty of experience on committees similar to the one evaluating her candidicy.
So far, so good for the USM women’s basketball team who, with their 67-57 win against Bates last week, moved to 4-0 on the season.
The Huskies will now get ready to face their toughest test thus far, the perennial powerhouse and 15th ranked Bowdoin Polar Bears on Tuesday.
For many students, the looming transition from college to real world is daunting: the need to support oneself, establish a career, pay back student loans and simply stay afloat without the raft that is college frightens. Upon receiving a degree, the excuse of being in college will no longer validate excessive and random drinking, sleeping, eating, or movie-watching.
With the spring semester quickly approaching, many students at USM already have their sights set on the next round of textbooks. Textbook season is usually a sad time for students and involves dishing out cash on books when they would much rather be spending it on other things.
“Budget challenges are, regrettably, part of the DNA of public education,” said President Selma Botman, a day after touring USM with grim news about the school’s finances.
In recent emails and speeches, Botman has stressed the difficulty of cutting anything from USM’s already cash-strapped operating budget.
Women’s Basketball
Demillo named MWBCA Player of the Week
Sophomore guard Kaylie Demillo (Jay) was named Maine Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 23. Demillo’s honor comes after a red-hot week for the Huskies.
We had been in my 2001 Ford Focus since 9am. It was now 6pm. Usually our 1996 GMC Savanna chauffeurs us to our next destination but without the burden of equipment, the much more economical car let us keep some money in our pockets. After crossing through Buffalo and the great Niagara Falls, the border came quickly, but not without our plan of attack.
Upon entering the University of Southern Maine in the fall of 2005, I took an instant liking to the University’s website. When I wanted to register for classes, check my student bill, or just print out my schedule, it was simple. A few clicks and I was on my merry way.
Nearly two-hundred people gathered at USM’s Woodbury Campus Center on Friday, November 21, for a “rally against hate”, prompted by incidents across the state that have made startling – and for many Mainers, embarrassing – international news.
The crowd was largely a mix of activists and politicians, including Maine Governor John Baldacci and USM president Selma Botman, who delivered short statements to a room teeming with signs reading “Hope Not Hate” and “We Will Not Be Silent”.
The University of New England Nor’easters blew into Warren Hill gymnasium a couple of weeks ago. The newly revamped team from Biddeford, complete with a roster-full of transfers from Texas, stormed out to a 15-5 lead early, a run that was punctuated by an emphatic breakaway dunk.
Pork tenderloin en croute is an impressive entrée to adorn a holiday table as well as an overall excellent meal to savor in the fall when mushrooms are in abundance. Simply, this recipe consists of pork tenderloin that has been seared, cooled, and wrapped in puff pastry that has been covered in duxelles.
In 2007, Zeitgeist: The Movie, undoubtedly one of the most important films on our culture, was released. The movie aims to evolve human consciousness, or at least to educate some unknowing citizens. The German word “zeitgeist” translates into “spirit” of the “time”, and is defined as the general thought process and mood of society during a particular period of time.